BL> Actually, Korean engineers are real hard bastards. They
BL> reckon they know it all, like Germans. At the time I'd been
BL> dealing with Taiwanese and the Koreans came as a terrible
BL> shock. It's no wonder they did so well in the Korean war!

BG> They wouldn't have done too well without external assistance though.

BL> I was thinking of the North Koreans, the
BL> way they bulldozed our troops at first.

BL> I think the best soldiers and engineers come from cold places.

That must explain the Romans. Poor senile old Bob.
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